He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960.
He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
[2] Spinney entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning a seat for the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Liberal Willard O'Brien.
[3] He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1960, losing to O'Brien and Progressive Conservative candidate George A.
[2] He married Flora MacGregor Harding in 1920, and then Eunice Mae Milberry in 1943.